Brush-holder.



GI T. HASTINGS.

BRUSH HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 1. 1915.

LQFWEO 1 I Patented Aug. 21, 1917.

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GEORGE T. HASTINGS, OFNEW YORK, N. Y.

BRUSH-HOLDER.

Application filed July 1, 1915.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE T. HASTINGS, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Brush-Holder, of which the following is a full. clear, and exact description.

Hy invention relates to'tooth-brush holders. -An object thereof is to provide a simple and inexpensive holder which will accommodate a brush or brushes and detachably support a container for a tooth-cleaning medium. A further object of the invention is to provide a holder formed of a single piece of metal in which the container supporting means are of a resilient nature.

YVith the above and other objects in view, the nature of which will more fully appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts as herein fully described, illustrated and claimed. In the accompanying drawings, forming part of the application, similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my toothbrush holder;

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same;

Fig. 3 is a side elevation; and

Fig. 4 is the shape of the metal blank before it is shaped into a holder, as best shown in Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings, 5 represents the blank which is of elongated form having a central cut-out 6 extending from one of the longitudinal sides. In alinement with the cut-out, and on the opposite side of the blank, a lateral portion 7 is provided which has a longitudinal extension 8 at each side thereof substantially parallel to the major Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 21, 1917.

Serial No. 37,515. 7

part of the blank 5. These longitudinal extensions 8 are adapted to form resilient portions of a clamp 9-t-o grip a tooth-paste holder 10, shown in dotted line in Fig. 1. The. cut-out 6 cooperates with the clamp when the blank is bent at right angles on the line AA, Fig. 4:.

The blank has also openings 11 at each side of the cut-out through which the handle of a tooth-brush can be easily passed. The portion of the blank which is below the line AA', in Fig. 4, forms a shelf 12, as can be easily seen from Figs. 1 to 3 inclusive. The upper portion 13 of the blank has suitable openings 14: whereby the holder can be secured. In place of the openings 1-1 securing means can be stamped out of the body of the blank. In'lieu of providing a series of openings 11 in the shelf portion of the holder, a single elongated opening can be formed at each side thereof.

I claim:

A tooth-brush holder formed of a single blank, a portion of which is bent at right angles and forms the shelf portion of the holder, said blank having cooperating rcsilient portions above the shelf port-ion which are adapted to engage a cylindrical container for a tooth-cleaning medium, said shelf having a cut-0ut in alinement with said resilient portions whereby the container engaged by the resilient portions is adapted to project below the shelf portion, said shelf portion having openings on each side of the cut-out for receiving tooth-brushes. V

In testimony whereofI have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GEORGE T. HASTINGS. Witnesses:

B. JoFFE, PHILIP D. ROLLHAUS. 

